Congratulations, Southern California. Experts say the worst of the deadly algae bloom is over. The Marine Mammal Care Center ...

After a brutal spring of toxic algae blooms turning sea lions into sick, snarling seaside hazards, anxious beachgoers can ...

Domoic acid is the toxin responsible for killing hundreds of marine mammals. An "unprecedented" toxic algae bloom has overrun the coast of Southern California, sickening marine animals and ...

Sea mammals — seals, dolphins, whales — are dying from domoic acid from early algae blooms off LA County beaches ...

Traditionally, this is done using hydrofluoric acid (HF), but HF is highly toxic to humans and the environment. Alternatives like the MILD method or molten salt synthesis also have drawbacks ...

A map from the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System shows the high amount of domoic acid at the center of the toxic algae bloom now engulfing the Southern California coast and ...

Here's what happens: The plankton eat algae that contains the acid, and then the fish eat the plankton, and the sea lions eat the fish — one thing surviving off another, passing on the toxic acid.